散

Meaning

散 centers on things breaking apart and spreading outward: scattering, dispersing, or spending resources until they are gone.

• 解散かいさん
  N3

  breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)

• 散歩さんぽ
  N5

  walk; stroll

• 拡散かくさん
  N1

  spreading; disseminating; scattering

• 分散ぶんさん
  N1

  dispersion; breakup; scattering; decentralization; decentralisation; distribution

• 散るちる
  N3

  to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)

• 散々さんざん
  N1

  thoroughly; completely; utterly

• 散らしちらし
  N2

  leaflet; flyer; handbill

• 発散はっさん
  N1

  emission; emanation; radiation; diffusion; dispersion

• 散らすちらす
  N2

  to scatter; to cause a shower of

• 散策さんさく

  walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

• 散布さんぷ

  dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying

• 散らかすちらかす
  N3

  to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

• 散らかるちらかる
  N3

  to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

• 散らばるちらばる
  N1

  to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

• 散髪さんぱつ
  N1

  (having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing

• 閑散かんさん

  deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; still; hushed; empty

• 散漫さんまん

  vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse; scattered

• 離散りさん

  dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup

• 散発さんぱつ

  sporadic; scattering

• 散骨さんこつ

  scattering of ashes (cremated remains)

• 散文さんぶん

  prose

• 散会さんかい

  adjournment

• 集散しゅうさん

  collection (gathering) and distribution

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